Bale-tie.



D. W. TURK.

BALE TIE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 12 1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH Co., WASHINGTON. D- c.

Patented M3115, 1912.

DAVID W. TURK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BALE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Application filed J'u1y 12, 1911. Serial No. 638,230.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID WV. TURK, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Balelies, of which I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The objects of the invention are to provide a sheet metal bale tie or metal clamp for a bale encircling wire having the following advantages: These include great practicability and efficiency in use, greater ease in handling and in inserting the wire. The protection of the edges of the wire from erosion or cutting on the sharp edges of the sheet metal forming the tie, and the leverage obtained upon the wire to tighten the same when closing down the tongue which forms a portion of the holding means in the clamp.

The invention comprises the combination and arrangement of parts and forms of construct-ion shown in the accompanying drawings, hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the sheet metal blank from which the bale tie is made, showing the integral tongue and dotted lines on which the tie is afterward bent, and also shows the integral triangular point on the lower portion which is afterward bent inwardly to engage the bale; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of a bale of lumber showing the bale tie and wire in interlocking position; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a sheet metal bale tie illustrating the manner of introducing the wire at the commencement of fastening the bale.

In these views A is a sheet metal plate cut by means of dies to form the inwardly pointing tongue B, on the upper portion 0 and the reversely pointing point D on the vertical or lower front portion E.

F is the line on which the tie is bent at a right angle to accommodate it closely to the corner of the bale shown at G.

The tongue is provided with a curved portion II just beyond the junction with the body of the tie. This curved portion forms a slot in which one end of the wire lies, and this portion is bent inwardly at I in the arc of a circle to form a curved surface over which the wire is looped and thus prevent the wire from being cut on the edges of the hook. To facilitate the passage of the wire at the lower end of the hook when it joins the body of the clamp the edges of the slot are sunken or depressed at J, J, so that the wire will have the required clearance.

The vertical portion of the tie is provided with the triangular opening K the apex of which points upward. The integral point D is struck from this opening and the point is forced backward and is driven into the bale to prevent the tie from slipping.

To use the device the tongue is elevated at an angle as shown in Fig. 8 and one end V of the tie wire IV is thrust downwardly through the tongue opening and next through the triangular opening and the body \V of the wire is brought down tightly over the vertical face of the tie, thus forming a secure lock. The triangular point is then driven into the bale with a hammer. The wire WV is then tightly stretched about the bale and looped about the curved portion of the tongue near its root at I entering the depressions J at each side of the tongue. When the wire is secured in this manner the tongue is driven down into its correspond-' ing opening by means of a blow from a hammer and the slight leverage obtained by wrapping the wire at a point removed from the root of the tongue further stretches the body of the wire and locks the parts closely together. The sharp apex of the triangular opening K in front serves to lock the other end of the wire when the parts are put under pressure.

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A fastening device adapted to retain a securing wire comprising a plate bent at right angles to correspond to a corner of a bale to form vertical and horizontal portions, the horizontal portion of said plate provided with a horizontal opening and the vertical portion with a triangular opening having a vertical angle, the free end of the wire passing through said horizontal opening and through said triangular opening, the out out metal from said triangular opening being integral with the plate at the lower edge of the opening and projecting inwardly to engage the bale, and means on the horizontal port-ion for engaging the other end of the tie.

2. In combination, in a fastening device for the wire of a bale tie, a horizontal plate, a tongue longitudinally cut from said horizontal portion providing a longitudinal opening, said tongue integral with said plate at its inner base, said tongue having a raised and curved integral portion adjacent to its base, said plate provided with a depression on each side of the base of said tongue, and in front of said base, substantially as described.

3. In combination, in a fastening device for the looped wire of a bale tie, a horizontal plate, a tongue longitudinally disposed of said plate, and integral therewith at its base, providing a longitudinal opening, the base of said tongue bent upwardly in an arc and also bent laterally in an arc, to correspond to the loop of the wire, the edges of said opening depressed on each side of said base to admit the passage of the wire with out cutting.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand this 12th day of June 1911.

DAVID IV. TURK. In presence of GEO. S. COLE, WVM. M. MONROE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

